# 宴

| 宴 | U+5BB4, &#23476; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB4 |
| ← 害 [U+5BB3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 宵 → [U+5BB5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

宴 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十日女 (JAV), four-corner 3040$_4$, composition ⿱宀妟)

#### Derived characters

* 𠻈, 𡏉, 𦞷, 𥉛, 𲎠, 𡪻, 𮭍, 𦶳

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 286, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7166
* Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 933, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5BB4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 堰 | *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans |
| 躽 | *qrens, *qeːnʔ |
| 宴 | *qeːnʔ, *qeːns |
| 蝘 | *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ |
| 偃 | *qanʔ |
| 郾 | *qanʔ, *qans |
| 鶠 | *qanʔ |
| 褗 | *qanʔ, *qans |
| 匽 | *qanʔ |
| 鼴 | *qanʔ |
| 鰋 | *qanʔ |
| 揠 | *qreːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 妟 – a woman in peaceful background (a roof and the sun). However, the appearance of the character, its meaning and his ancient pronunciation could link this character to 安.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yàn (yan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yen / yan
    (Hailu, HRS): rhan$^ˇ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): eng$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ang$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^4$
*** Yale: yàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^3$
*** Yale: yin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen
*** Hakka Romanization System: ien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhan$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒan¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: eng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɛŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn
*** Tâi-lô: iàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iexn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àng
*** Sinological IPA : /aŋ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: 'enX, 'enH
Rime :
| Character | 宴 | 宴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 於殄切 | 於甸切 |
| Baxter | 'enX | 'enH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔen$^X$/ | /ʔen$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔen$^X$/ | /ʔen$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɛn$^X$/ | /ʔɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɛn$^X$/ | /ʔɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔen$^X$/ | /ʔen$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ien$^X$/ | /ien$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔien$^X$/ | /ʔien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎn | yàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^2$ | jin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤe[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ/, /*qeːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 宴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔen$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔˁe[n]-s/ |
| English | feast (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 宴 | 宴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14380 | 14383 |
| Phonetic component | 妟 | 妟 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蝘 | 宴 |
| Old Chinese | /*qeːnʔ/ | /*qeːns/ |

### Definitions

宴
* (literary) comfortable; peaceful; happy
* banquet; feast
* to host a banquet; to entertain

### Compounds

* 享宴
* 便宴 (biànyàn)
* 午宴 (wǔyàn)
* 喜宴 (xǐyàn)
* 國宴 / 国宴 (guóyàn)
* 大宴
* 大宴小酌
* 大宴賓客 / 大宴宾客
* 天下沒有不散的宴席 / 天下没有不散的宴席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí)
* 天下無不散的宴席 / 天下无不散的宴席
* 婚宴 (hūnyàn)
* 宴坐
* 宴媟
* 宴安
* 宴安鴆毒 / 宴安鸩毒
* 宴客 (yànkè)
* 宴宴
* 家宴 (jiāyàn)
* 宴席 (yànxí)
* 宴息
* 宴會 / 宴会 (yànhuì)
* 宴樂 / 宴乐
* 宴歌
* 宴游
* 宴然
* 宴爾新婚 / 宴尔新婚
* 宴私
* 宴見 / 宴见
* 宴請 / 宴请 (yànqǐng)
* 宴集
* 宴飲 / 宴饮
* 宴餞 / 宴饯
* 宴饗 / 宴飨
* 弔宴 / 吊宴
* 恩榮宴 / 恩荣宴
* 慶功宴 / 庆功宴 (qìnggōngyàn)
* 排宴
* 探春之宴
* 探花宴
* 晚宴 (wǎnyàn)
* 曲宴
* 曲江宴
* 梁園宴雪
* 櫻桃宴 / 樱桃宴
* 款宴
* 歡宴 / 欢宴
* 瓊林宴 / 琼林宴
* 盛宴 (shèngyàn)
* 祖宴
* 筵宴 (yányàn)
* 結婚宴會 / 结婚宴会
* 聞喜宴 / 闻喜宴
* 設宴 / 设宴 (shèyàn)
* 謝師宴 / 谢师宴 (xièshīyàn)
* 賜宴 / 赐宴 (cìyàn)
* 赴宴 (fùyàn)
* 邀宴
* 酒宴 (jiǔyàn)
* 酺宴
* 野宴
* 錢龍宴 / 钱龙宴
* 閒宴 / 闲宴
* 飫宴 / 饫宴
* 飲宴 / 饮宴 (yǐnyàn)
* 饗宴 / 飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)
* 鴻門宴 / 鸿门宴 (hóngményàn)
* 鷹揚宴 / 鹰扬宴
* 鹿鳴宴 / 鹿鸣宴 (lùmíngyàn)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 宴(えん) (en)
* → Vietnamese: yến (宴)

### References

* “宴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “宴”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 276.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
* Kun: うたげ (utage, 宴)、たのしむ (tanoshimu, 宴しむ)

#### Compounds

* 茗宴(めいえん) (meien): tea party

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 宴
* うたげ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Alteration of 打ち上げ (uchiage, “finishing of a performance, banquet at the finishing of a performance”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) うたげ [ùtágé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɯ̟ta̠ɡe̞]

#### Noun

宴(うたげ) • (utage)
* party, banquet, feast

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 宴
* えん Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 宴 (ʔen$^H$, “banquet, feast”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) えん [éꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

宴(えん) • (en)
* party, banquet, feast

#### Affix

宴(えん) • (en)
* party, banquet, feast

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

宴 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

宴: Hán Nôm readings: yến
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